The youngest son of a London-Irish tailor, my father, Anthony O'Shea, who has died aged 89, left his Jesuit-run grammar school at 16 to work in the Westminster bank, a career cut short by the outbreak of war in 1939.He was at that time in the Territorial Army – he used to tell us how he went away for a training weekend and did not return for seven years. After a brief spell in the regul...
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The A-Level pass rate has risen for the 28th successive year. Debasing the coinage. It's what governments do....
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Samizdata on 19th Aug 2010 (via samizdata.net)
Children, Schools and Families - This annual Volume provides statistics on UK education and training including schools, post-compulsory education and training, and qualifications and destinations, also education expenditure and population numbers.
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UKStatistics on 27th Nov 2008 (via dcsf.gov.uk)
In addition to the new jobs and training package for unemployed under-25s, the Budget included two other welcome initiatives that will help to counter unemployment by increasing education and training opportunities for young people. The Chancellor announced that that the Government will be...
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Tigmoo on 22nd Apr 2009 (via touchstoneblog.org.uk)
Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on figures published today showing almost one million young people are out of work and not in education or training, said:
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LabourParty on 24th Aug 2011 (via labour.org.uk)
Education Secretary supports 10-year framework for European co-operation in education and training.
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SNP on 12th May 2009 (via scotland.gov.uk)
Commenting on a report from the London School of Economics which suggests that 18% of 16 and 17-year-olds are neither in employment, education or training, Liberal Democrat Shadow Children, Schools and Families Secretary, David Laws said: “These new figures suggest that there is not only a growing crisis with a large number of young people not in employment or education, but also that the ...
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LibDems on 21st Jul 2008 (via libdems.org.uk)
Welsh Assembly Government - This Statistical Release summarises provisional information on learners in post-16 education and training in Wales.
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UKStatistics on 27th Nov 2008 (via new.wales.gov.uk)
The government’s review of primary education is about training children to conform to political pieties.
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Spiked on 15th Dec 2008 (via spiked-online.com)
Current EU presidency holder the Czech Republic wants to establish a "strategic framework" for European cooperation on education and training issues to help boost the Union's competitiveness, sustainable growth and employment strategies, according to the country's education minister, Ondrej Liska.
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EurActiv on 21st Jan 2009 (via euractiv.com)
An independent Education Commission, chaired by Professor David Eastwood, set up by Westminster City Council has exposed a raft of Conservative education failures in a damning report released this week. The report says: "Westminster City Council's relationship with schools has been difficult at times...There is a lack of mutual trust and some evidence of blame culture between the authority an...
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LabourMatters on 21st Sep 2009 (via labourmatters.com)
